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Sunday, January 2

How London Rang in 2011

For this Brit-at-heart, the New Year really starts at 6:00 p.m. CST on Dec 31st. Thanks to the BBC and a fast internet connection, this year I was finally able to watch the entire fireworks show that begins a few seconds before midnight GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) on the Thames in London under, over, and around the London Eye.

In case you missed it, here it is in its entirety, complete with the music to which the displays were wonderfully choreographed.

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic, London's New Year's extravaganza tops all but one of the dozens of 4th of July displays I've seen here in the U.S. over the years.

7 comments:

Far frickin out amazing!!!!!!! OMG I have to tell you I wish I was there. Now that is truly something else. I'm thrilled you shared that with us. Amazing. Now THAT is how a New Years (or any) fireworks display should be. Fantastic. Love love love. The best to you and yours this 2011 Jama.

Believe it or not, Frieda, there's something even cooler. A friend was watching a webcam of Reykjavik, Iceland's celebration (same time zone as London), so we traded links by email so each of us could watch both simultaneously. No music, tho, on the Iceland feed.

This is the wife of Vance Dale Mellen - my husband's headstone was carved by my son - also designed by him. My husband actually worked at the Topeka V.A. and counseled Viet Nam Vets for most of his working life. He loved vets and turned down all promotions so that he could counsel vets and their families. He was a healer and a great artist. Thanks for finding his headstone!

Barbara, I had taken a different route to the the shared grave of 3 babies who died in the early 1900s. They're buried (on top of each other) at Mount Hope, but family members erected stones for them in their parents' plot in Junction City. Had I gone the way I normally did, I would've missed your husband's fabulous stone and a great piece of artistry by your son!